Lorena Gay Nicholas, 87, died May 23, 2009 at Perry Community Hospital in Linden. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 29, 2009 at 3 p.m. at the Parker and Son Funeral Home, 210 Medina Street, Lodi, Ohio. Burial will follow in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Lodi, Ohio. Mrs. Nicholas was born October 21, 1921 in Enoch, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Emerson and Emma Kyle Nutter. She was a homemaker, had attended Victory Baptist Church in Lodi, Ohio and was married to the late James “Jim” Nicholas. Survivors include a son, James (Linda) Nicholas of Medina, Ohio; a daughter, Caron (James) Egbert of Hohenwald; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Nicholas was preceded in death by seven siblings.